|  | Contributors
            James Clark:The father of Jade. James made
                the first version called Jade. He was
                instrumental to the idea of a single set of flow
                objects and multiple backend formats. James
                carried the Jade project for several years until
                it became a group project and got renamed
                OpenJade. He is no longer participating to the
                OpenJade project but his spirit still and will
                always remain with us. He created most of the
                Openjade code and the SGML/XML and the RTF
                backends. But it is shorter to tell what he didn't
                do than what he did :-)Matthias Clasen:I am an old-time LaTeX user
                and a scheme lover. My first jade hacking
                experience was trying to use dsssl to produce
                properly formatted indexes, realizing the need
                for language-dependent string sorting. That code
                is now part of OpenJade. Since I think that the
                full power of DSSSL can only be explored with a
                reasonably complete implementation, I am working
                to fill the gaps in jade's coverage of the
                standard.Avi Kivity:I stumbled on Jade after
                attempts to format SGML documents using C++
                proved too cumbersome. I was impressed by the
                power of DSSSL and the functional programming
                style, which I hadn't used before. My main
                interest is fully-integrated backends; that is,
                formatters which do the layout themselves and do
                not depend on external layout engines like TeX or
                Word. I also maintain the CVS repository and
                perform builds and releases. Didier PH Martin:I encountered Jade simply by
                browsing to find new ways to process XML/SGML
                documents. I had to learn it without a book and
                with minimal documentation. The more I know about
                this environment the more I learn to appreciate
                it. This is why, I am a fervant advocate of DSSSL,
                OpenJade and work hard to provide to members of
                the OpenJade community, a rich environment, an
                adequate documentation, a future to this language.
            After more than 20 years in
                the computer business, I still enjoy creating and
                learning. As a canadian member of the ISO
                Document Description and Processing Languages
                comittee, my goal is to make a DSSSL-2 possible
                reality. Peter Nilsson:The man behind braifo.Sebastian Ratz:You have a question about Tex?
        Sebastian is the right guy to answer to your question. He
        created the Tex backend processor with David and Kathleen.Kathleen Marszalek:She is the bee, working
        hard and methodical. She created the Tex and MIF backends
        with other members of the team.Paul Prescod:Paul has always a good
        comment to bring to the table. He created the MIF backend
        with Kathleen.David Megginson:An other fellow canadian
        that is bringing every day to the XML community ideas,
        new code, its commitment. He created the Tex backend with
        Kathleen and Sebastian. |